The most legendary member of the British Royal Family, Princess Diana of Wales, died in an accident in Paris on August 31, 1997. With the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death approaching, Discovery Channel has released the documentary “The Diana Investigations” which explores, reorganizes and analyzes a series of reports from the UK and France, and investigates and scrutinizes the entire tragedy from many aspects, including warning hypotheses, witnesses, suspects and the sharing of relatives, fans and friends of Princess Diana…

Princess Diana.

On a summer night 25 years ago, Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed, son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed, along with bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, were in a Mercedes driven by Henri Paul. The Mercedes, being tailed by a paparazzi who specializes in photographing celebrities, crashed into a concrete pillar in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel at a speed of more than 100km/h. Fayed and the driver Henri Paul died on the spot, while bodyguard Rees-Jones was injured but survived. Princess Diana, 36, died after an unsuccessful rescue attempt. The news of this car accident shocked the world. Although all the lengthy investigations conducted by the French and British police came to the same conclusion that there was nothing fishy in the terrible accident that led to the death of the Princess of Wales. However, this did not stop public opinion from gossiping that Diana was the victim of a murder plot.

In Discovery’s “The Diana Investigations,” the team interviewed police, medical teams, media, witnesses, and others in both the UK and France. Because the crime scene was in a tunnel, witnesses were hard to find, and the incident was in the early days of the Internet. Conspiracy theories from chat rooms, social media forums, and the media continued to report on the accident.

The Mercedes carrying Princess Diana was crushed in the front after the accident.

Several subsequent investigations have ruled out criminal conspiracy behind Princess Diana’s death. A French court in 1999 concluded that the accident was caused by the driver, Paul, who was drunk and driving at twice the speed limit. A three-year inquest by British police also concluded that the driver was drunk and speeding to avoid paparazzi. In 2007, another judicial inquiry was held before the Royal Courts of Justice in London. The jury heard from nearly 250 witnesses before concluding in April 2008 that Diana died as a result of the wrongful actions of Paul and the paparazzi.

In 2013, British police investigated an anonymous complaint from a former soldier alleging that the British SAS was involved in Diana’s death. They concluded there was “no credible evidence” to support the claim and refused to reopen the investigation.

However, there are still many unexplained mysteries surrounding Princess Diana’s death, enough to keep conspiracy theories alive. For example, no video footage of the accident has been produced, despite the tunnel being equipped with surveillance cameras. And the police have never found the white Fiat seen in the tunnel, which may have collided with the Mercedes Princess Diana was in before the accident.

In addition, after taking samples and testing, the doctors who examined them said that the alcohol concentration of the driver Henri Paul was 4 times higher than the standard allowed in France. However, Henry belonged to the Ritz Hotel under the Fayed family. Through the investigation of the records, it was shown that Henri Paul had never been involved in alcohol abuse. And even from the hotel’s surveillance screen, it can be seen that his behavior was normal and he was walking steadily before the accident happened. At the request of the hotel, Henri Paul even took the elevator with Diana and Dodi before they got in the car. And the question is, if the driver had an alcohol concentration far above the standard before departure, how could Diana and Dodi feel secure in agreeing to let Henri Paul drive?

In addition, the crashed Mercedes also had fragments of lights, brakes and paint from other cars but there was no information, or why the driver reached a speed of more than 160 km / h while driving in an urban tunnel? Despite the fact that the French police immediately blocked the speculative news with assumptions that disturbed public opinion.

Billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed (center) arrives at the British Ministry of Justice in London, October 2, 2007, to hear a report on the accident that happened to Princess Diana and Dodi – his son.

However, the accident also had countless bizarre and absurd coincidences that led billionaire Mohammad Al Fayed, father of Dodi Fayed and owner of the Ritz hotel in Paris and Harrods department store in London, to speak out believing that Diana and her son were murdered.

“The Diana Investigations” will premiere on Discovery every Sunday at 9 p.m. ET, beginning September 28.